Soap-tray.



FRANKLIN HURD TURNER, OF SATTLEY, CALIFORNIA.

SOAP-TRAY.

Specification of Lettersilatent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application iiled December Z7, 1904. Serial No. 238,371.

To @ZZ whom, it 11m/y concern:

Be it known that LFRANKLIN HURD TURNER. a citizen of the United States, residing at Sattley, in the county of Sierra and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soap-Trays, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to soap holders or trays, and has for its object to produceacomparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily suspended over a sink. bath-tub, or the like, and one which is adapted for receiving a plurality of cakes of soap and will permit the water to drain freely from the trays after the soap has been used and placed therein.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a soap-holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a'vertical longitudinal section taken centrally through the holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a hollow or tubular support composed, preferably, of sheet metal, and comprising a pair of angular sections or plates 2 and 3, provided at their longitudinal edges with overlapping iianges 4, whereby the plates are maintained in spaced relation to produce a discharge-duct 5, the front plate 2 being4 prolonged at its upper end beyond the rear plate and provided with perforations 6 for the reception of screws or other fastening devices by which the holder may be attached to a wall, while the rear plate 3 has the lower ends of its side flangestbent inward in downwardly convergence to produce a reduced discharge-mouth 7 at the lower end of the duct.

Mounted upon and attached in any appropriate manner to the front wall of the support 1 and in vertically-spaced relation is a plurality, preferably four, soap-receiving trays or receptacles 8, having downwardly and inwardly inclined bottoms 9, on which the bars or cakes of soap rest, there being provided in the front wall 2 of the support drain openings or perforations 10, arranged, respectively, in alinement with the bottoms 9 of the trays.

In practice the device will be suspended upon a wall over a bath-tub or the like, and the trays 8 will receive the bars or cakes of soap. After a piece of soap has been used and returned to one of the trays the water and suds will flow downwardly on the bottom 9 of the latter toward the front wall of the support l and find egress through the adjacent opening 10 and thence through the duct 5 for discharge at the lower reduced end 7 lof the latter.

It is to be particularlyobserved that my improved holder is adapted for receiving a plurality of cakes of soap of varying qualities or designed for different purposes which will be held separately, and, further, that the drainings from all of the trayswill escape into the duct 5 and be discharged at the lower end of the latter into the vessel over which the holder is suspended, thus maintaining the trays in comparatively clean condition.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in View, it being understood that minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A soap-holder comprising a tubular support constituting a duct and having a reduced discharge-mouth and a plurality of spaced discharge openings communicating with the duct, and a plurality of trays carried by the support, said trays being arranged vertically one above another and having downwardly and inwardly inclined bottoms disposed to register respectively with the discharge-openings and adapted to drain through the latter into the duct. A

2. A soap-holder comprising a support composed of a pair of plates provided at their longitudinal edges with overlapping flanges whereby the plates are maintained in spaced relation to produce a discharge-duct, and a plurality of trays arranged in spaced relation and carried by one wall of the support, said trays `having downwardly and inwardly inclined bottoms and the support being provided adjacent the bottom of each tray with a olischarge-opening leading to the duct.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN HURD TURNER.

Witnesses:

C. E. MILLER, G. W. MAXWELL.

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